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Possible site of
fountain at VI.17.27, May 2006. Looking west.

Steps in Via Consolare
leading to possible site of fountain at VI.17.27. May 2006. Looking west.

Front exterior wall on
south side of VI.17.27, with possible site of fountain. May 2006.

Possible site of
fountain at VI.17.27, front exterior wall and pavement. May 2006.

Possible site of
fountain at VI.17.27, hole in front exterior wall. May 2006.

About 1810. Drawing by
Mazois of fountain head of Bacchus or a God of the countryside and crossroads.
See Mazois,
F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Second
Partie.
According to
Eschebach, during the earliest excavations in 1755, near the Street of the
Graves, were found a representation of the god Vertumnus
or Bacchus, in the form of a fountain profile, which fits the character of this
residential area.
This fountain in the
form of a pilaster was discovered in VI. Ins. Occ. Via
Consolare, see Mazois.
Eschebach commented
“this permits no conclusions on the shape of the well basin”.
See Eschebach,
H., 1983. Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae;
Bollettino dell’ Associazione Internazionale Amici di Pompei 1. (pp.
15, 25, 26: Fig 33).
This may, or may not,
be a fountain from this site.